Union Pacific Corporation UNP
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Union Pacific Corporation is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Railroads), with a market value of $165.3B, based in the USA.
It employs about 28,716 people and has been listed since Jan 13, 1978.
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. It offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, and ethanol and renewable biofuel producers; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 22.5 versus 29.0 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (21 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 12% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 19.3 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 329.42, 18% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 65% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • Net debt is 1.4× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 29 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (18 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.0% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 1.6% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
This week's news
- Three new directors elected to Scoular’s Board of Directors finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Are You Looking for a High-Growth Dividend Stock? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- WAFRA ACQUIRES LIBERTY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT INTO GULF INLAND LOGISTICS PARK AND CMC RAILROAD finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Can Union Pacific (UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NSC) Redraw America’s Railroad Map? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- ‘Higher rates, less reliable service’: Family farmers oppose rail merger finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
- Novo Nordisk Searches for Growth Beyond its Biggest Franchise finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-27
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.